How To Install globus-gram-job-manager-slurm on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gram-job-manager-slurm on Rocky Linux 8. globus-gram-job-manager-slurm is Grid Community Toolkit - SLURM Job Manager Support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gram-job-manager-slurm on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `globus-gram-job-manager-slurm`

The Grid Community Toolkit (GCT) is an open source software toolkit used for building grid systems and applications. It is a fork of the Globus Toolkit originally created by the Globus Alliance. It is supported by the Grid Community Forum (GridCF) that provides community-based support for core software packages in grid computing. The globus-gram-job-manager-slurm package contains SLURM Job Manager Support

We can use yum or dnf to install globus-gram-job-manager-slurm on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install globus-gram-job-manager-slurm.

Install globus-gram-job-manager-slurm on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install globus-gram-job-manager-slurm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-gram-job-manager-slurm

Install globus-gram-job-manager-slurm on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install globus-gram-job-manager-slurm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-gram-job-manager-slurm

How To Uninstall globus-gram-job-manager-slurm on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the globus-gram-job-manager-slurm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove globus-gram-job-manager-slurm

globus-gram-job-manager-slurm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/globus/globus-slurm.conf
/etc/grid-services/available/jobmanager-slurm-poll
/usr/share/doc/globus-gram-job-manager-slurm
/usr/share/doc/globus-gram-job-manager-slurm/README
/usr/share/globus/globus_gram_job_manager/slurm.rvf
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gram-job-manager-slurm
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gram-job-manager-slurm/GLOBUS_LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gram-job-manager-slurm/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gram-job-manager-slurm/LICENSE.BSD
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus/GRAM
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus/GRAM/JobManager
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus/GRAM/JobManager/slurm.pm

References

globus-gram-job-manager-slurm website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gram-job-manager-slurm on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.